United States v. Haskins

NEESE, District Judge.

This action presents a provocative question of the legality of a search and seizure. The Court, after hearing a pretrial motion (treated as a motion to suppress illegally obtained evidence), overruled the motion and permitted the case to go to trial before a jury. The defendants were convicted on two counts, one involving the possession, the other the transportation, of tax-unpaid whiskey. The Court now acts on the defendants’ timely motion for a judgment of acquittal based on the alleged unlawfulness of the search.

This is a “silver platter” case made by county officers…